Beach

It's been crazy hot and humid this week. Who wants to mow the course for Saturday morning when there's a great local trail that starts and ends and the beach? Congrats to about a half-dozen runners who ran PL's (personal longest runs) today. Something to be said for motivation!

Bloom

The CC trail on the back side of the pond is in bloom!

Nature is good for you. Join cross country.

How Neuroscientists Explain the Mind-Clearing Magic of Running

 

"The other fascinating thing here is where these new cells pop up: in the hippocampus, a region of the brain associated with learning and memory. So this could help explain, at least partially, why so many studies have identified a link between aerobic exercise and improvement in memory. 'If you are exercising so that you sweat — about 30 to 40 minutes — new brain cells are being born,' added Postal, who herself is a runner. 'And it just happens to be in that memory area.'"

Read the full article here:

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/04/how-neuroscientists-explain-the-mind-clearing-magic-of-running.html